Featured Temple: The Melbourne Shiva Vishnu Temple

Source: www.theage.com.au [HPI note: HPI will, periodically, feature a temple around the world that exemplifies Hinduism’s vibrant diaspora.] MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, May 8, 2004: The Shri Shiva Vishnu Hindu Temple is located in the suburb of Carrum Downs, 21 miles from Melbourne’s central business district. This temple is the largest Hindu temple in Victoria. Worship at the temple is centered around…

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Plans To Rebuild North Sri Lanka and Its Temples

Source: www.sundayobserver.lk SRI LANKA, December 12, 2009: The Government of Sri Lanka has announced plans to rebuild areas devastated by the civil war, including temples. Mr. Kailasapillai, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Thiruketheeswaran Kovil in Mannar, sought the assistance of the Government to arrange for sculptors from India to come down and complete the…

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Ancient Temple Site Found In Indonesia Has Hindu And Buddhist Roots

Source: www.dnaindia.com YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA, December 18, 2009: Construction workers have found old structures, believed to be part of a 9th and 10th century temple, in Yogyakarta in Indonesia, with a specific architectural style and relief ornaments on its sides resembling those found at other significant historic Hindu and Buddhist temples. According to a report in the Jakarta Post, the workers,…

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Thailand Launches Postage Stamps of Hindu Gods

Source: www.littleabout.com THAILAND, December 19, 2009: Thailand has launched postage stamps of Hindu gods. The reported stamps include Ganesa, Brahma, Narayana, and Siva. Produced by Thailand Post and printed in France, these multi-color stamps were designed by Veena Chantanatat. Hindu symbols are also used, such as a decorated conch-shell and the mystical syllable Om.

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India Ponders its New Role As a Global Power

Source: www.nytimes.com PONDICHERRY, INDIA, December 5, 2009: India is a complicated country in a complex part of the world — buffeted by internal insurgencies, surrounded by hostile neighbors, marginalized until recently as underdeveloped. In the last decade, four of India’s neighbors (Pakistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka) have dealt with rebellions that, to varying degrees, have filtered into India. Since independence…

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Pew Forum On Religion and Public Life

Source:¬†http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-12-10-1Amixingbeliefs10_CV_N.htm UNITED STATES, December 10, 2009: Elements of Eastern faiths and New Age thinking have been widely adopted by 65% of U.S. adults, including many who call themselves Protestants and Catholics, according to a survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released Wednesday. According to the survey, syncretism — mashing up contradictory beliefs — appears on the…

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Daily Inspiration

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Whether Hindu or Muslim or Christian, whoever tries to convert, it’s wrong, not good.    Dalai Lama, speaking at the Kumbha Mela

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Pew Forum On Religion Public Life

pSource: a href=”http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-12-10-1Amixingbeliefs10_CV_N.htm”www.usatoday.com/a/pUNITED STATES, December 10, 2009: Elements of Eastern faiths and New Age thinking have been widely adopted by 65% of U.S. adults, including many who call themselves Protestants and Catholics, according to a survey by the Pew Forum on Religion Public Life released Wednesday.br /br /According to the survey, syncretism — mashing up contradictory beliefs — appears on…

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Considering the Dikshitar’s Plight, India’s Supreme Court Looks Into Tamil Nadu Temple Laws

Source: www.expressbuzz.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 19, 2009: The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Tamil Nadu government and several of its departments in a writ petition filed by Sri Sabhanyagar Temple, at Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu. The petitioner demanded that Section 45 of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act from 1959 (which gives the state…

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